---
id: 657b24774d8cdab052ffe2a6
title: Task 71
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-71
---

<!-- (Audio) Alice: I didn't study tech at a traditional university. I'm mostly self-taught, and I took a lot of online courses. -->

# --description--

Listen to the audio and fill in the blanks correctly.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`I _ study tech at a traditional university. I'm mostly _, and I _ a lot of online courses.`

## --blanks--

`didn't`

### --feedback--

This word is used to form a negative statement in the past tense.

---

`self-taught`

### --feedback--

This word describes acquiring knowledge or skills independently. It's made of two parts: the first means `own` or `personal`, and the second is related to learning or education.

---

`took`

### --feedback--

This word is the past tense form of a verb meaning to have completed an action.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-breakroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {"x":50,"y":0,"z":1.4},
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "3.1-4.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 5.20,
      "finishTimestamp": 10.62
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.52,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I didn't study tech at a traditional university.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 4,
      "finishTime": 6.42,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I'm mostly self-taught and I took a lot of online courses.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 6.92
    }
  ]
}
```
